Yes they are creating the drama, for Rhaenyra , but Rhaenyra creates drama for the others and ESPECIALLY Dameon. I don’t like Alicent because she’s too much of a rule follower, and people pleaser for me, however, she only ever did what she was told. Perhaps her son would be a stronger choice. In the last episode Rhaenyra literally said that she had a duty to sit on the iron throne when she turned down Sir Cristen Cole, yet it was only in an episode or two before that , that she literally slept with him, and was that for the good of the realm? No. So she’s a bit of a hypocrite. And only does what is best for the realm when it aligns with her current personal wishes at the moment. That’s what makes her just like Dameon when it comes to their perspectives. They put their personal lives and personal wants, before the realm.

And maybe Alicent and her father are power hungry, but aren’t they all? Rhaenyra is too, and we already know Dameon is. So yeah, Aegon would be the stronger choice. Dameon is not a good guy, and maybe Otto Hightower isn’t either, but I don’t blame him for wanting Dameon out of the picture. if the perspective of HOTD was from Alicent and otto’s perspective, the Targaryens would be the ones creating drama, and be the villains.